Diane Venora
Born
8/10/1952, Hartford, CTBirth Name
Diana VenoraGender
FemaleBiography
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Diane Venora was born in East Hartford, Connecticut, on August 10, 1952. Active in high school drama, she attended The Juilliard School and The Boston Conservatory and began her career in Shakespearean theater. Later, she acted in films, first appearing in All That Jazz (1979). Her big break…more
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Star (26)
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All Good Things
Janice Rizzo2010
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Follow the Prophet
Star2009
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Stiletto
Star2008
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Self Medicated
Star2007
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Touched
Star2005
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Stateside
Star2004
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Breaking Dawn
Star2004
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Heartbreak Hospital
Star2002
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Looking for an Echo
Star2002
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Hamlet
Star2001
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Race Against Time
Star2000
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The 13th Warrior
Queen Weilew1999
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The Insider
Liane Wigand1999
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True Crime (1999)
Star1999
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The Jackal
Major Valentina Koslova1997
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The Substitute
Jane Hetzko1996
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William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
Star1996
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Surviving Picasso
Star1996
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Heat
Justine Hanna1995
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Thunder Alley
Bobbi Turner (1994)
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Ep 8
Sex, Lies & Popcorn
10/26/94
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Ep 5
Girls Night Out
3/30/94
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Ep 8
Sex, Lies & Popcorn
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Thunder Alley
Bobbi Turner
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Ep 9
As a Matter of Fact
5/4/94
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Ep 8
A Fistful of Phyllis
4/20/94
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Ep 7
Happy Endings
4/13/94
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Ep 6
Bloodsuckers
4/6/94
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Girls' Night Out
3/30/94
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Ep 9
As a Matter of Fact
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Hamlet
Star1990
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Bird: Charlie Parker
Star1988
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Ironweed
Margaret 'Peg' Phelan1987
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F/X
Ellen Keith1986
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Wolfen
Rebecca Neff1981
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All Good Things
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Recurring Role (1)
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Chicago Hope
Dr. Geri Infante
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Ep 22
Songs from the Cuckoo Birds
5/22/95
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Ep 21
Full Moon
5/15/95
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Ep 20
The Virus
5/8/95
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Informed Consent
3/13/95
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Ep 17
Growth Pains
2/27/95
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Ep 22
Songs from the Cuckoo Birds
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Chicago Hope
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Guest Star (11)
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Grey's Anatomy
Audrey
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Ep 17
Push
3/11/10
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Ep 17
Push
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NCIS
Shada Shakarki
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Ep 6
Outlaws and In-Laws
11/3/09
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Ep 6
Outlaws and In-Laws
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Eleventh Hour
Lea Muller
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Resurrection
10/9/08
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Ep 1
Resurrection
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Medium
Sarah-Jane Levitt
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Ep 10
Very Merry Maggie
1/31/07
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Ep 10
Very Merry Maggie
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Criminal Minds
Doris
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Ep 22
The Fisher King (1)
5/10/06
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Ep 22
The Fisher King (1)
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Threshold
Andrea Hatten
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Threshold
Angela Hatten
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Trees Made of Glass (2)
9/16/05
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Ep 1
Trees Made of Glass (1)
9/16/05
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Trees Made of Glass (2)
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Marilyn Nesbit
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Ep 16
Home
2/17/04
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Home
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The Directors
Herself
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Michael Mann
5/16/01
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Ep 1
Michael Mann
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The Practice
Margaret Wakefield
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Appeal and Denial
10/29/00
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Appeal and Denial
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Law & Order
Mara Feder
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Night and Fog
2/3/93
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Night and Fog
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Grey's Anatomy
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Director (1)
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The Joyriders
Director2011
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The Joyriders
Trivia and Quotes
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Trivia
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Diana received a Golden Globe nomination and the New York Film Critics Award for her performance in Clint Eastwood's biographical feature of jazz great Charlie Parker Bird in 1988 where she portrayed his wife, Chan Parker.
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Diane received a full scholarship at the Juilliard School of Drama.
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Quotes
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Diane: I love to struggle. I think life without pain is no life. I'd rather be dead than comfortable.
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